Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman was born May 25, 1994. She is a retired American artist gymnast. She was captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five" as well as the"Fierce Five," and the 2016 "Final Five," U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. She received the gold medal in the team competitions at the 2016 Olympics. Gabby Douglas as her teammate also received gold. Raisman was also awarded silver medals for individual all-around, as well as for the floor exercise. Raisman was awarded silver medals in the all-around individual, in addition to the floor exercise. She also is the two-time national champion in floor exercise (2012,2015), the 2012 national champion of balance beam, and a five-time medalist at national championships for all-around (silver in 2016, silver in 2012, 2011 in 2012, 2011, and the year 2015). She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. Raisman was born on May 25, 1994 in Needham, Massachusetts to Lynn Faber (nee Faber), who was a former high-school gymnast as was Rick Raisman. She has three younger siblings: Brett, Chloe, and Madison. Raisman is Jewish and has stated that she takes a lot pride in her ability to represent the United States of America but also the Jewish community all over the world. Raisman started gymnastics when she was eighteen months. She attributes her early enthusiasm for gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", the gold medal-winning U.S. women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics that she was able to watch on VHS.She trained at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing through Level 8, when she moved to Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club under coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan. Raisman has graduated from Needham High School in 2012. She completed her senior year on the internet while working towards the Olympics.






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